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Why the U.S. might be the original startup story

Mar 12, 2018
The Pilgrims were early colonial entrepreneurs — but they weren't the first.
A role player in Plymouth, Massachusetts, tends cows at Plimoth Plantation. The 17th century replica village was the site of the first Thanksgiving in 1623.
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